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Chief FBI examiner: I want Trump to 'apologize to me'

2019-12-10T16:20:07.830Z


The former chief of the FBI when the investigation of the Russian plot began said Monday that President Donald Trump should apologize to him and the rest of the FBI for spreading t ...


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(CNN) - The former FBI principal of when the investigation of the Russian plot began said Monday that President Donald Trump should apologize to him and the rest of the FBI for spreading conspiracy theories about the origins of the investigation after the report of the inspector general of the Department of Justice will discredit them.

"I think the president should apologize to us," James Baker, former FBI general advisor, told Chris Cuomo of CNN. “I would ask you respectfully, I would ask you to apologize to me, to my colleagues, because the things you said are simply wrong. And I think I should take a step forward and do that at the very least. ”

"The conclusions are quite clear that the president's statements in recent years were totally wrong: that there was no deceit, there was no conspiracy to overthrow anyone, there was no sedition, there was no betrayal, there was no evidence of any of that." .

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He added that Trump's statements have had a negative effect on his family and former classmates.

Baker's comments responded to the conclusion of the report in unequivocal terms that there was no political conspiracy to undermine Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. While the report details the mistakes the FBI made during the investigation, specifically about surveillance orders issued to a former Trump campaign, it essentially refutes more than two years of discussion points by Trump and the Republicans about an effort state deep to derail your campaign.

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Baker also said he did not expect the comments of Justice Secretary William Barr on Monday criticizing the FBI and contradicting some of the key findings of the report. The comments, Baker said, were "disappointing."

"I found it really surprising and simply not appropriate in these circumstances given what he said and what the inspector general had found," he said.

Baker told Cuomo that Trump's continuous derogatory attacks had been "traumatic," but he said: "I just resolved that I refuse to get in the mud with anyone."

“I simply refuse. It is not what is best for the country. ”

- Dan Berman and Paul LeBlanc of CNN contributed to this report.

Source: cnnespanol

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